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The next tool is the Tool of Space. As student-directors work on staging their play in rehearsal, it’s more than moving actors and set pieces on and off. How do you use the space to its greatest theatrical potential?

The last tool is evaluation. But it’s not having other people critique what the student-director has done, rather it’s choosing a method of self-evaluation.

Have students demonstrate their 21st century skills knowledge with these worksheets.

Have students demonstrate their close reading skills with these worksheets.

This toolkit is a guide to inclusion in the drama classroom, including strategies, activities, and tips for performance, along with classroom exercises to promote inclusion.

Acting 1 Warm-Ups by Christa Vogt

Acting 3 Warm-ups with Christa Vogt

Additional warm-ups with Christa Vogt

Creative Staging with Todd Espeland

Creative staging with Todd Espeland

Join Lindsay Price as she speaks to DTA members Chris Piner and Cindi Macioce, two of the winners of the DTA Travel Scholarship in 2018, about their experiences at the Broadway Teachers Workshop in New York city.

Video on how to put our fires in your classroom, using the DTA course modules.

20 theatre-related quotes on posters and slide presentation, for the drama classroom. Part 1 of an 8-part series to complete 'one quote a day' for the school year. You have the option to use a printable version, or access the slide deck presentation link. Be sure to access the 'Guiding Questions and Reflections' that accompany these quotes.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Vera, Frampton Nuttel, Mrs Sappleton, Husband, and Brother

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: DJ, DP, Conrad, Dogberry, Verges

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Buddy, Jimmy, Becca June

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Sweetie (male), Punkin (female) There are also two voices, male and female, of the couple in the next apartment.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Vices: Envy, Sloth, and Greed. Virtues: Kindness, Generosity, and Zeal

The actor has to only ask one question—what does the character want to do? (Bill Ball, A Sense of Direction) • The to-do part is essential. It leads to action, and action is at the core of the acting process. • That’s why it’s called acting, not talking. • The to-do provides the character with a purpose. This resource offers a list of potential 'to-do's to apply to scene work.

Obstacles are the barriers and limitations the character must overcome to achieve their goal. • Obstacles can be internal, such as emotional, psychological factors. • External obstacles include an “other.” • Obstacles are not limitations. Plays are about characters in conflict, characters in crisis. • Obstacles spark creativity. This worksheet helps actors define the obstacles in their scene work. What stops YOUR character?